Southern Man

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Person A, who is lawfully carrying a firearm, encounters person B. Shots are fired and person B dies. The shooter claims that his actions were taken in the necessity of self-defence; the victim's family claim that he was a good person, gentle and harmless, who was minding his own business. The shooter stands trial for murder and is aquitted. What happens?

And that's the way it should be. A jury heard both sides and made their decision. Justice was served.

Oh, and by the way, a hundred young black men have been murdered in Chicago this year. Alas, they were, by and large, the victims of other young black men, so their stories - like Christopher's - have no place in the mainstream media's narrative and you didn't hear much of anything about them. Did you?